the burning season haiku contest begins

[orang37]

let us celebrate surviving this season even if the words of Borges have a slightly bitter taste now:

 

"Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it. For this reason I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so."   Jorge Borges, essay: "On Blindness."  

 

~

 

so much beauty here,
even when the air i breathe
murders me slowly

 

~o:37;

[orang37]

~'

 

such heavy silence,

heavy as the nits of dust

weighing down the air

 

~

 

~o:37;

 

[amexpat]

early burn this year

'cause March will be illegal

choke on lawful smoke

[canthai55]

What to do -

Grin and bear it -

Or endless Moaning

[canthai55]

Acceptance -

Better than Battle -

Soothes the Soul

[orang37]

~

 

to hear my own cough

echoed by the multitude:

i don't feel better

 

~

 

~o:37;

[amexpat]

11 hours ago, canthai55 said:

What to do -

Grin and bear it -

Or endless Moaning

I moan endlessly 

because you have no idea

of haiku structure

[Pedey Pablo]

Cloud brown sunless sky,

ashes fall on slick gray lanes.

Scratching street dog coughs.

 

 

 

[purplesage]

Breathing in clean air

In a cold distant elsewhere.

Still wish I was there.

[ChouDoufu]

                   ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough **

** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough **

                  ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough ** ** cough **

Edited February 16, 2019 by ChouDoufu

[puukao]

too lazy to see the parameters of a Haiku..... but i'll try something.  

 

damp wet lifeless soul

darker than any black

death only wants a hug

 

OMG...i give up

 

 

[amexpat]

1 hour ago, puukao said:

too lazy to see the parameters of a Haiku..... but i'll try something.  

 

damp wet lifeless soul

darker than any black

death only wants a hug

 

OMG...i give up

 

 

You have potential.  It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. 

[amexpat]

3 hours ago, amexpat said:

You have potential.  It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. 

I should say:

 

five syllables line

seven more on the second 

five more like line one

[orang37]

~

 

how to die today ?

by breathing, or, not breathing ?

that's not a question

 

~

 

~o:37;

[Denim]

Don't winge over fate

The pollution just won't wait

Learn to live with it.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2019 by Denim

[canthai55]

On 2/16/2019 at 10:13 PM, amexpat said:

I moan endlessly 

because you have no idea

of haiku structure

Nit Picking Falang

If not the Weather pick another

Endless Twaddle

[amexpat]

you don't know the rules

then better not play the game

we enjoy ourselves

[canthai55]

Enjoyment for me

Some get it some do not

The human condition

[orang37]

~

 

being creative:

is that the best way to cure

burning month's malaise ?

 

~

 

~o:37;

[amexpat]

2 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Enjoyment for me

Some get it some do not

The human condition

You're getting closer. Keep trying.

Move one syllable from the last line to the second and you are there. 

 

More fun than bitching about moaning, isn't it? 

[Dante99]

oh my smoky sky

wind today so blue again

smiles all around

[amexpat]

2 hours ago, Dante99 said:

oh my smoky sky

wind today so blue again

smiles all around

I see you are using the Thai pronunciation:  'sa-miles'.  

Clever! 

[Bill97]

I see you are using the Thai pronunciation:  'sa-miles'.  
Clever! 

I hear it as ‘sa-mai’


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[luk AJ]

Is it fog or smog?
Not clear in the morning sky
Children wonder why..


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[Puwa]

Under a red sky

Hansum man cries out again

White mask smells of gin

***

A new infection?

Don't blame the Loi Kroh princess

For your ears, nose, throat

***

Exchange rates crumble

Mountainsides glow orange yet

Still the Brits won't leave

***

Outdoors, world burning

Indoors, he looks for a way

To blame the ex-wife

***

The air is horrid

And the natives are obscene 

But bum gun works well

***

Brand new white face mask 

Gleaming like trousers on an

Immigration cop

***

Prodigious nose hair

Does not filter particles

No matter how thick

***

At last we have found

A universal language

Cough, wheeze, sigh, repeat

***

When Songkran arrives

Wet t-shirts along the moat

Conquer smoke and haze

***

Orang annoyed me

Year after year, then one day

He proposed haiku

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[orang37]

~

 

mirrors say i'm "old:"

the sky says i can't breathe, now;

did i ask for this ?

 

~

 

~0:37;

 

[orang37]

@Puwa

 

I think, Sir, you have pulled ahead of the pack with this virtuoso recital !

 

cheers, ~o:37;

[canthai55]

I Don't Care if it Rains or Freezes

Long as I got my Plastic Jesus

Sitting on the Dashboard of my Car

 

Math never a strong suit

[puukao]

On 2/17/2019 at 7:45 PM, amexpat said:

You have potential.  It's a shame you are too lazy to learn 5-7-5. 

i will learn!!!!  Thank you.  I'll be back with a new attempt.  lol.  

 

ok, five minutes later after looking at youtube...

 

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Hell, unseen bad friend 

Hand unseen in daylight death

devil in my eyes

 

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Edited February 19, 2019 by puukao

[orang37]

~

 

just try to get by

devils in the air

without some dirty thoughts

 

~